New Delhi: The absence of weather systems carrying rain, and hot wind blowing from Pakistan could be the reason behind extraordinary high temperatures in many Himalayas and hilly areas in North India on Thursday, experts said.
Drass on Ladakh, which is one of the coldest places in this country and where the temperature drops down minus 20 degrees Celsius, has recorded 22.6 degrees Celsius.
Some parts of the North India watched the heatsave for severe heatwa conditions.
In Himachal Pradesh, Una recorded 42.5 degrees Celsius, departure seven degrees Celsius from normal, while SOLAN recorded 35.5 degrees Celsius, departure six degrees Celsius from normal, according to the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) bulletin issued on Thursday.
Ladakh also witnessed a hot wave.
Drass recorded 22.6 degrees Celsius and thoise at Nurba 31 degrees Celsius.
The temperature in the stakna is 25.8 degrees Celsius, in Leh 25.7 degrees Celsius, in Cargil 28.5 degrees Celsius and at the base camp 23.4 degrees Celsius, he said.
The North Indian Plains usually records the heatwave for severe heatwa conditions in pre-monsoon.
Such conditions are also sometimes witnessed in hilly areas.
When asked about the normal temperature above in the usually cold Himalayas, Director General of Mr.
Mrutunjay Mohapatra said it was unusual for these areas to watch hot waves.
However, the temperature recorded in this area is not normal, he said.
Mohapatra said the area had watched a weak monsoon.
This has pushed the temperature above normal.
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are known to record their maximum temperatures in June-July, he said.
Naresh Kumar, who is a scientist at the IMD who worked on Heubwave, said that the possible reason to push the temperature in the Himalayan region above normally could be a hot wind from Pakistan.
He said if the wind flowed at a higher level of five to six kilometers, then it was possible that this could be the reason behind the current heat waves in the hilly area.
This wind has become one of the reasons behind the mercury that rises on the plain, Kumar said.
The IMD on Thursday has issued a Heatwave warning for the next two days.
“Because the possibility of drying the western / southwest of Pakistan to northwestern India at a lower level, the condition of the heatave in isolated / several bags above Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, North Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and North West Madhya Pradesh for The next two days, “said.
Weather vice president Skymet Mahesh Palawat said Ladakh recorded a little rainfall and there was no active weather system to carry moisture to North India.
The area saw rainfall due to Western disturbances during the non-monsoon months, he said, noting that this plus without cloud cover and sunlight.